The Chase

Another day waiting for a reply

And I’m left asking why

Why do I keeping running after people who only run away

Surely I shouldn’t have so much love for people who chose not to stay

But I do

I do love them, but maybe there’s a day that will come when I simply won’t care

A day when you’ll finally want to talk but l won’t be there

Just because I can’t let go now, doesn’t mean I never will

Because this chase is slowly destroying me, still

Right now you mean everything to me, but you won’t always be

Because I need to respect myself, where you have failed to respect me

I’m tired of these labels that say you need time alone, to me it’s a sin

I feel like you hide behind them because you’re not man enough to let anyone in

I’ve wasted so much time thinking that I’m not good enough, but I’m starting to think that I was wrong

Because I have shown nothing but love for you and I’ve waited so long

Maybe the problem is you, maybe you can’t handle me

Maybe I’m brilliant and you don’t deserve to see

I’ve shown you so many sides of me, while you’ve cowered in the corner

And to think that I believed you were a man and a warrior

I can’t keep doing this, making excuses for you in my head

Hoping one day you’ll open up and understand everything I’ve said

I think I’m starting to realise that your apathy does not deserve my passion

While I’ve laid all my love out before you, you just gave me rations

And I deserve better than to be left waiting for something that’s only my dream

In the future I’ll give up on you, and the future is closer than it seems